AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PERCUSSION 'HAMMERLESS' TARGET PISTOLS with short octagonal sighted barrels retaining traces of their original blued finish, and secured by a threaded bolt on the underside of each breech, scroll engraved bright steel actions of rectangular section, the sides slotted for the cocking bars, ebonized half-stocks, scroll engraved trigger-guard, chequered butts, and later pommels, circa 1860, probably Liège

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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PERCUSSION 'HAMMERLESS' TARGET PISTOLS with short octagonal sighted barrels retaining traces of their original blued finish, and secured by a threaded bolt on the underside of each breech, scroll engraved bright steel actions of rectangular section, the sides slotted for the cocking bars, ebonized half-stocks, scroll engraved trigger-guard, chequered butts, and later pommels, circa 1860, probably Liège
13½in. (2)

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